Traditional Foods Making small changes for healthier families
Mallory Black / Native Health News Alliance SAN DIEGO — It’s summertime across Indian Country. That means sunflowers, tomatoes, sweet grass and squash are popping up all over the Lower Sioux Indian Community garden. “We have some really nice tomato plants, and the strawberries came in good,” describes Beth O’Keefe, a member of the Lower Sioux Indian […]
Youth Tobacco Free Missouri Youth attend Lead On summit
ORIGINAL ARTICLE from Daily Journal Online HERE Leaders from Tobacco Free Missouri Youth (TFMY) convened at the YMCA of the Ozarks for the second “Lead On” youth summit sponsored by the Department of Health and Senior Services, Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program and University of Missouri Tobacco Control Research Center held June 24-26. Sixteen youth from […]
Webinar National Native Network Webinar Series: Native Cancer Wellness
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The National Native Network held their regular webinar series on July 26, 2016. The team from the Salish Cancer Center, Dr. Krisstina Gowin, Roberta Basch, and Dr. Eiko Klimant presented for the NNN with their presentation titled “Native Cancer Wellness.” The three objectives of the webinar are: Identify the unique […]
Tobacco Policy UCLA SAFE Program to help low income residents avoid second hand smoke
ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Jennifer Bihm of Los Angeles Sentinel HERE On April 6, organizers of UCLA SAFE (Smoke Free Air For Everyone) launched a three year program aimed at increasing access to smoke free apartments in low-income neighborhoods in the city of Los Angeles. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the program […]
Trails Glenwood Springs bans public smoking from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m
ORIGINAL ARTICLE from Denver Post HERE It will be OK to light up and smoke a cigarette on downtown Glenwood Springs sidewalks after 10 p.m., under a new ordinance adopted by City Council Thursday. The ordinance prohibiting smoking in several public places around town passed on a 5-1 vote after the change was added at […]
Taxes Pa. cigarette tax will be nation’s 10th highest
ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Don Sapatkin of Philly.com HERE The budget-balancing $1-per-pack cigarette tax increase that takes effect Aug. 1 will make Pennsylvania’s $2.60 levy the 10th-highest in the nation. New Jersey’s $2.70 per pack is ninth. In Philadelphia, the tax will be $4.60 per pack, which includes a $2 surcharge added two years ago to […]
nnn Just Released: The Patient Navigation Barriers and Outcomes Tool (PN-BOT)
The George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new tool. The Patient Navigation Barriers and Outcomes Tool (PN-BOT) is a customizable, free, Excel-based data entry management and reporting product designed for oncology patient navigation programs. “We are excited about the PN-BOT’s potential to capture the value of […]
Richard Mousseau National Native Network Podcast Episode 1
Presenting the inaugural National Native Network podcast. This podcast features a conversation with Richard Mousseau from the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board, a partner agency in the National Native Network. During this podcast we discuss the work that GPTCHB and Richard in particular do to promote health in the Great Plains region and some […]
Webinar National Native Network Webinar Series: Native Cancer Wellness
The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan’s National Native Network and the Indian Health Services Clinical Support Center (Accredited Provider) present a webinar series: Cancer Risk Reduction in Indian Country Title: Native Cancer Wellness Date: July 26, 2016 Time: 3:00 – 4:00 PM EDT Register now! https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1340439188695312643 Presenter: Krisstina Gowin, Physician, Salish Cancer Center Roberta Basch, Native Outreach Coordinator, Salish Cancer Center Eiko Klimant, MD, FACP, Medical […]
vape County adds e-cigs to workplace ban
ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Sean Cameron of Kokomo Herald HERE Advocates for a smoke-free Kokomo celebrated another victory last week as the Howard County Commissioners voted to add e-cigarettes to the county government’s own smoke-free workplace ordinance. It was a move applauded by Shirley Dubois, coordinator for Howard County Tobacco-Free. “Thanks to Commissioners Tyler Moore, Brad […]